The 6 Characters in My Dark X-Men (From the Ashes)
Happy Comic-Con, everyone! The greatest comic book show on Earth is taking place in San Diego this week, and once again, I’m not there. Someday I’ll go, when I’m old and gray and can’t walk good. But until then, I’ll keep alive my tradition of posting a dream comic book team roster! Because it’s just plain fun.
This year I’m doing my Dark X-Men team pitch for the new From the Ashes relaunch.
I do this every year because I love thinking up superhero comics. Someday I’ll get to pitch a team book to Marvel or DC or real, and I’ll have all of these past years to look back on. Last year I did the Legion of Super-Heroes, and I’ve previously done the Brotherhood, the Guardians of the Galaxy, the Thunderbolts, the Justice League, the main X-Men, the Fantastic Four and more Dream Rosters. It’s a fun game!
This year is my pitch for a From the Ashes comic. In the wake of the Krakoa Era of the X-Men, Marvel has relaunched with a back-to-basics approach. We’ve got the X-Men, the Uncanny X-Men, a new X-Factor, a new X-Force; all sorts of comics! If I could go back in time and pitch Marvel editorial on a From the Ashes comic, it would be the Dark X-Men you’ll see below!
Join me after the jump for the six characters I would put together in a Dark X-Men comic for From the Ashes!
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Good morning, everybody! I come to you with some fun comic book news today. My friend and comics writing partner, Kristi McDowell, launches her new web comic today! It’s The Yearbook Club, and you can read it today on GlobalComix!
The Yearbook Club is an all-ages comic that follows the adventures of four tweens as they’re whisked to the past through their middle school library’s yearbook collection. Hollis Burncoat, Erin Bailey, William Durand and Snoozy Simmons solve mysteries and see familiar figures in their lives in a whole new light with each and every issue.
The Yearbook Club #1 takes the middle schoolers to 1996, where they arrive just in time to see their parents’ friendship fall apart! New student Erin learns about her friends as they try to find out who really sabotaged Sterling Burncoat, Jennifer Durand and Monica Miller’s science fair project and save their parents nearly 30 years of animosity.
Artwork by Jesse Lundberg!
The Yearbook Club comes from Very Big Comics, which is also producing Gamer Girl & Vixen these days, and Cover Bard, my own original comic! My friends and I are making our own comics and it’s super fun! Check it out!
The Yearbook Club on GlobalComix.
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New Weird Al Polka Medley Has Dropped!
Randomly yesterday, I discovered that Weird Al has dropped a new polka medley. He takes a bunch of popular songs and polka-fies about 5 seconds of them into a fun medley. He’s been doing it for decades! And I even recognized some of these songs, despite my being about as disconnected to popular music as anyone. But this one is a hoot!
That video is a blast! Good old Weird Al. Does he have a new album coming out? Or did he just make this for fun as a one-off? Doesn’t matter! Make that magic, Weird Al!
No comic reviews this week. I was way too busy at work and it’s been crazy. Plus, not much came out. DC is doing Absolute Power and most of my regular comics are tie-ins. I’m only reading that sporadically. I should also do something about DC’s All-In as well…maybe next week…
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Friday Franchise Movie Trailers!
It’s Friday of an incredibly weird and busy week for me. This July has been crazy. Thankfully, I’ve got a pair of simple, easy to digest movie trailers I can share with you all. Trailers for movie franchises that we all know and love and understand. Personally, I don’t know if I’ll see either of these movies…but some people might!
First up is the new trailer for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, which shows off a lot of the body horror this movie will bring to the table.
This is a much better trailer than the first one. This gives us a real selling point in just how weird and horrific this movie is going to be. Tim Burton is apparently going all out on the gruesomeness, which is a plus. I’m still not sold on this movie even existing, but perhaps it will be a fun lark in the theater.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice comes out on Sept. 6, which is my birthday and I have off from work…but I still don’t know if I’ll go see it.
Next up is Alien: Romulus, and at least in this trailer we learn why it has that name.
This trailer looks simultaneously all manner of scary, while also looking all manner of predictable. The Alien franchise has a series of notable moments, and this trailer just repeats them. Facehuggers, Chestbursters, the full-sized alien, female protagonist…yep, all there, just made to look all the scarier with modern moviemaking technology. S’fine, if that’s what you’re into.
Alien: Romulus comes to theaters on Aug. 16.
And with both of these movie trailers shared, I can make this joke. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice implies the upcoming existence of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice; while Alien: Romulus implies the existence of Alien: Remus. I find both silly.
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6 One-Off Movies That Don’t Need a Legacy Sequel
Last week we got the first trailer for Gladiator II and all I could think about was how this was a legacy sequel we didn’t need. Legacy sequels are all the rage these days. It’s when Hollywood takes a long abandoned movie or franchise and comes up with a new sequel a decade+ later, most often with the same cast. The same cast is usually the selling point.
We’ve already gotten a new Beverly Hills Cop this year, and we’re due to have Beetlejuice 2 later this year. Announcements have been made for legacy sequels to Happy Gilmore and Spaceballs. But we’ve had tons in recent years, from Ghostbusters to the Matrix to The Incredibles. Personally, I’m hit or miss with these. If they make for good movies, fine, but not every movie needs a legacy sequel. In fact, I’ve put together a list of six stand alone movies that don’t need legacy sequels. They’re mostly from the 80s and 90s, because that’s long ago at this point to count as a legacy sequel, and the casts are all mostly still alive and still around.
Join me after the jump for six movies that I don’t think should ever be graced with a legacy sequel. And feel free to share some of your own in the comments below!
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